MAX TEGMARK: IT’S GOODBYE TO THE UNIVERSE – HELLO TO THE MULTIVERSE
The last equation. ‘His Mathematical Universe Hypothesis (MUH) states that not only does maths describe the world we live in, it is the world we live in. “If you grant that both space and everything in space is mathematical,” he says, “then it begins to sound less insane that everything is mathematical.”’

FIRST LIFE WITH “ALIEN” DNA CREATED IN LABI think the researchers are already cracking up. ‘Amino acids are encoded by ‘codons’ of three DNA letters apiece, so the addition of just two foreign DNA ‘letters’ would vastly expand a cell’s ability to encode new amino acids. “If you read a book that was written with four letters, you’re not going to be able to tell many interesting stories,” Romesberg says. “If you’re given more letters, you can invent new words, you can find new ways to use those words and you can probably tell more interesting stories.”’